Kyrgyzstan

The law requires a warning about the dangers of the consumption of tobacco products on “consumer packaging”, which is defined as “packaging intended for the sale or primary packaging of products sold to the final consumer.” This includes all unit packaging.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on unit packaging.

The law requires a warning about the dangers of the consumption of tobacco products on “consumer packaging”, which is defined as “packaging intended for the sale or primary packaging of products sold to the final consumer.” This includes all outside packaging.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to warning labels on outside packaging.

The EEC Technical Regulations require warnings in “the Russian language and in the state language(s) of member-states,” with the state language on the front and Russian on the back. Warning must be reproduced as shown in EEC Decision No. 18 of 2016, which contains warnings in Kyrgyz (front) and Russian (back).

The law requires that warnings not be placed in a way that destroys the integrity of the warnings when opening the consumer packaging.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to warnings not being damaged or concealed when opening the pack.

The Technical Regulations, Section 25, state that information stamped on the package may be partially covered with stamps, except for on the front of the consumer packaging. However, Section 29 states that if the warning would be covered by a stamp if placed in the upper portion of the front and back of the package, it should be placed in the lower part. Taken together, this is interpreted as prohibiting tax stamps or other markings to conceal warnings.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to a requirement that tax stamps or other required markings may not be placed where they may conceal warnings or messages.

The law requires the following warning to occupy 17% of the lateral side of the package: “"Contains systemic poisons, carcinogenic and mutagenic substances."

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to qualitative constituent and emissions messages.

The law prohibits the display of figures for emission yields for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 11 and the FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines with respect to the display of figures for emission yields on tobacco product packaging.

Plain packaging of tobacco products is not required. The FCTC Art. 11 Guidelines provide that Parties should consider adopting plain packaging measures that restrict or prohibit the use of logos, colors, brand images, or other promotional information on packaging other than brand and product names displayed in a standard color and font style. Plain packaging aims to reduce the appeal of tobacco products, to increase the noticeability of health warnings, and to reduce the ability of the packaging of tobacco products to mislead consumers about the harmful effects of smoking.

The law prohibits on tobacco product packaging any terms, descriptions, signs, symbols, or other designations that directly or indirectly create the false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products, including words or phrases such as "low tar," "light," "very light," "mild," "extra," and "ultra". In addition, tobacco product packaging may not contain information that a product is less dangerous to health than other tobacco products.

The law meets FCTC Art. 11 with respect to the use of terms, descriptors, or other signs that directly or indirectly create a false impression that a tobacco product is less harmful than other tobacco products.